 |  | | Opinions | | |  | | Rory Ryan | Gary Lewis | Jim Surber | Eric Deters | Letters to Editor | | Wrong criteria for candidates | Our society seems to have stooped to a new low. Good men who have been given much, and of which much is expected, have long ceased to be leaders. We have been left with tertiary wannabes with hidden agendas who wouldn’t have been given a second serious thought in the past. (4 comments)
 Friday, January 27, 2012 |  | | Banking era before 'too big to fail' | The Lynchburg banker knew the property well and what it was worth. He accepted responsibility if he made a bad loan. The people making the toxic loans were probably getting commissions or bonuses based on how many loans they made, and the loans were being sold to third or fourth parties so they and the organization they worked for had nothing to lose if the loan went bad. (1 comments)
 Friday, January 27, 2012 |  | | Mowrystown Recollections: Concord School 3 | An early school in Concord Township was near the corner of Pondlick Road and S.R. 136. Thomas and Hannah Roberts leased, for 99 years, a one-acre and 70-pole lot to the School Directors of District 3 for the grand sum of one cent for rent, which was payable on the first day of January on demand.
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|  |  |  | | Sports | | |  | | Hillsboro | Greenfield McClain | Lynchburg | Fairfield | Whiteoak | | 2011-12 High School Basketball Results | Boys and Girls High School Basketball Results will be listed throughout the season for the SCOL and SHL. (1 comments)
 Saturday, January 28, 2012 |  | | Lions defend court on homecoming, defuse Rockets | The play of the Fairfield Lions for the first three quarters allowed their less-than-best performance in the final eight minutes to even out as the Lions defended their home court Friday night in a 66-54 victory over the Fayetteville Rockets on Homecoming night.
 Saturday, January 28, 2012 |  | | Reds have high expectations in '12
| As the Cincinnati Reds are traveling in their annual Caravan event, one of their first stops came at WBEX 1490 AM Radio in Chillicothe, and with that they brought some lofty goals and high expectations two seasons removed from winning the NL Central crown. (1 comments)
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 |  | | Obituaries | | |  | | Stella L. Morris | Stella L. Morris, 61, of Beaver, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 at the Pike Community Hospital.
 Thursday, January 26, 2012 |  | | Ora M. Thompson | Ora M. Thompson, 88, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 at the Crestwood Nursing Center surrounded by his family and friends.
 Thursday, January 26, 2012 |  | | Elly Kay Manor Albert | Elly Kay Manor Albert, 37, of Bainbridge, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.
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